Christopher Cvitanovic

8.7k citations

100 papers · 3.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.2%
- Coastal and Marine Management
- International Maritime Law Issues
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Marine and fisheries research

Papers in

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 48
- Coastal and Marine Management 36
Global and Planetary Change 50
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance 27
- Marine and fisheries research 15
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies 7

Co-authors: Alistair J. Hobday Ingrid van Putten Nadine Marshall Lorrae van Kerkhoff Jan McDonald Mark Howden Shaun K. Wilson Rebecca Colvin
Journals: Ocean & Coastal Management (13 papers)Environmental Science & Policy (7 papers)Marine Policy (6 papers)Frontiers in Marine Science (6 papers)Endangered Species Research (5 papers)
Partner nations: Australia Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Christopher Cvitanovic

94 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives 2018 · 218 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Sustainability Science
2015 Ocean & Coastal Management

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1	How can we better account for experiential knowledge in co-production frameworks? Environmental Science & Policy ·Rayra de Cristo Ferreira, Nicole Klenk, Christopher Cvitanovic, Maud Borie	2025	0
2	Conceptualizing and measuring socio-cultural values in marine and coastal environments: progress and research needs from a systematic map Ecosystems and People ·A.R. Brand, Sarah Clément, Rebecca Shellock, Ingrid van Putten, Christopher Cvitanovic, Meng Fan-pu	2025	0
3	Best bang for your buck: Considerations for cost-efficiency in knowledge co-production Marine Policy ·Denis B. Karcher, Christopher Cvitanovic, Alistair J. Hobday, Rebecca Shellock, Robert L. Stephenson, Ingrid van Putten	2025	0
4	Key attributes for effective knowledge brokering at the interface of environmental science and management Sustainability Science ·Denis B. Karcher, Christopher Cvitanovic, Rebecca Colvin, Ingrid van Putten, Thomas E. Simmons, Stephen Posner	2024	3
5	Incorporating sense of place into the management of marine protected areas: A case study from New South Wales, Australia Ocean & Coastal Management ·R. Shabani, Sarah Clément, Christopher Cvitanovic, Ingrid van Putten	2024	1
6	Building competences for researchers working towards ocean sustainability Marine Policy ·Jerneja Penca, Andrea Barbanti, Christopher Cvitanovic, Amel Hamza‐Chaffai, (unknown), Jean‐Baptiste Jouffray, Nezha Mejjad, A. Kais	2024	6
7	Incorporating sense of place into the management of social-ecological systems: The researchers’ perspectives PLoS ONE ·R. Shabani, Sarah Clément, Christopher Cvitanovic, Ingrid van Putten	2024	2
8	Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs Environmental Science & Policy ·Christopher Cvitanovic, Denis B. Karcher, James Breen, J. Rasiah, Paul Cairney, Thomas E. Simmons, James Duggan, Sabine Hoffmann, Rachel Kelly, José Iván Robles-Torres, Stephen Posner	2024	7
9	Up to 80% of threatened and commercial species across European marine protected areas face novel climates under high emission scenario SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Milica Predragovic, Jorge Assis, U. Rashid Sumaila, Jorge M.S. Gonçalves, Christopher Cvitanovic, Bárbara Horta e Costa	2024	1
10	Practitioners' perspectives on the enablers and barriers to successful Antarctic science‐policy knowledge exchange Environmental Policy and Governance ·Stefan Wolters, Daniela Liggett, Neil Gilbert, Christopher Cvitanovic	2024	0
11	Environmental evidence in action: on the science and practice of evidence synthesis and evidence-based decision-making Environmental Evidence ·Steven J. Cooke, Carly N. Cook, Vivian M. Nguyen, Jessica C. Walsh, Nathan Young, Christopher Cvitanovic, Matthew Grainger, Nicola Randall, O. Annamukhamedov, Andrew N. Kadykalo, Kathryn A. Monk, Andrew S. Pullin	2023	14
12	Considerations for Research Funders and Managers to Facilitate the Translation of Scientific Knowledge into Practice Environmental Management ·H.P. Poos, Christopher Cvitanovic, Rebecca Shellock, Denis B. Karcher, James Duggan, Steven J. Cooke	2023	13
13	Development and expansion in the marine social sciences: Insights from the global community iScience ·Emma McKinley, Rachel Kelly, Mary Mackay, Rebecca Shellock, Christopher Cvitanovic, Ingrid van Putten	2022	26
14	Promises and pitfalls of digital knowledge exchange resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic PubMed ·Vivian M. Nguyen, Christina Bell, 俊和中谷, Christopher Cvitanovic, J. Liu, Svetlana Obratzsova, Mohamad Bintang Ramadhan, Tabligh Hussain, Nicole Klenk, Nathan Young	2021	10
15	A synthesis of the frameworks available to guide evaluations of research impact at the interface of environmental science, policy and practice Environmental Science & Policy ·Elena Louder, Carina Wyborn, Christopher Cvitanovic, Angela Bednarek	2020	50
16	A practical framework for implementing and evaluating integrated management of marine activities Ocean & Coastal Management ·Robert L. Stephenson, Alistair J. Hobday, Christopher Cvitanovic, Karen Alexander, Gavin A. Begg, Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Piers K. Dunstan, SD Frusher, Maree Fudge, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Marcus Haward, C MacLeod, Jan McDonald, Kirsty L. Nash, Emily Ogier, GT Pecl, Éva E. Plagányi, Ingrid van Putten, Tony Smith, Tim Ward	2019	71
17	Progress in integrating natural and social science in marine ecosystem-based management research Marine and Freshwater Research ·Karen Alexander, Alistair J. Hobday, Christopher Cvitanovic, Emily Ogier, Kirsty L. Nash, Richard S. Cottrell, Aysha Fleming, Maree Fudge, Elizabeth A. Fulton, SD Frusher, Rachel Kelly, C MacLeod, GT Pecl, Ingrid van Putten, Joanna Vince, Reg Watson	2018	48
18	Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives Sustainability Science ·Angela Bednarek, Carina Wyborn, Christopher Cvitanovic, Ryan Meyer, Rebecca Colvin, Prue Addison, Sarah L. Close, Kent E. Curran, Mahmud Farooque, Erica Goldman, David D. Hart, F. Assadi‐Langaroodi, Bridie McGreavy, Adam Parris, Stephen Posner, RONALD D. GROAT, Melanie Ryan, Peat Leith Hit paper breakdown →	2018	218
19	Empirically derived guidance for social scientists to influence environmental policy PLoS ONE ·Nadine Marshall, W. Neil Adger, Simon Attwood, Katrina Brown, Charles C. Crissman, Christopher Cvitanovic, Cassandra De Young, Margaret Gooch, Craig D. James, Sabine Jessen, Thais da Silva Barcelos, Paul Marshall, Sarah Park, Mercedes Ramirez Gomez Maria, Jennifer Walrath	2017	72
20	High Macroalgal Cover and Low Coral Recruitment Undermines the Potential Resilience of the World's Southernmost Coral Reef Assemblages PLoS ONE ·Andrew S. Hoey, Morgan S. Pratchett, Christopher Cvitanovic	2011	102

About Christopher Cvitanovic

Christopher Cvitanovic is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 100 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coastal and Marine Management (36 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (35 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (27 papers), Marine and fisheries research (15 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (15 papers), Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (7 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (7 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.7k citations), Ecological Modeling (250 citations), Ecology (1.2k citations) and Oceanography (366 citations). Christopher Cvitanovic has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Alistair J. Hobday, Ingrid van Putten, Nadine Marshall, Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Jan McDonald, Mark Howden, Shaun K. Wilson, Rebecca Colvin, Elizabeth A. Fulton and Kirstin Dobbs. Their work appears in journals such as Ocean & Coastal Management, Environmental Science & Policy, Marine Policy, Frontiers in Marine Science and Endangered Species Research.

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